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I write about defense, history and aviation for NBC, Forbes.com, Popular Mechanics, 19FortyFive, National Interest & War is Boring. Former Peace Corps China.
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19 Companies Out of 49 Contenders Qualify For Drone Dominance Gauntlet 2 Trial

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By Sebastien Roblin Verified
| Inside Unmanned Systems Verified
Image: DoD DDP Video Screen Capture While a ‘qualifier’ might outwardly suggested a formality screening out the weakest candidates, the Grayling event proved “highly competitive” as the DDP’s statement put it: out of 49 companies offering 79 drone designs between them, DDP qualified only 19 companies for the final Gauntlet 2 trial taking place this August at Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Teledyne’s Black Recon Puts a Grown-Up Black Hornet on Armored Vehicles

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By Sebastien Roblin Verified
| Inside Unmanned Systems Verified
The similar-profile but enlarged Black Recon microdrone boasts greater range, endurance and payload than its dismounted forebear, and can perform reconnaissance missions, provide persistent overhead surveillance, or even execute kinetic strikes. Furthermore, the double-rotor UAV can launch, recover and recharge itself autonomously from a box-launcher accommodating three drones. By rotating drones for recharging, a vehicle crew can ensure “near continuous overwatch” according to Teledyne.
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DIU’s RIMES Program Taps Mach and Whisper Aero for Shipboard-Capable Strike UAS Prototype

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By Sebastien Roblin Verified
| Inside Unmanned Systems Verified
Mach Industries and partner Whisper Aero have been awarded a DIU contract to develop Atlas, a hybrid-electric prototype aircraft intended to demonstrate how a recoverable, runway-independent unmanned system could launch and land from constrained maritime and expeditionary sites, including helicopter-sized operating areas on destroyer-class ships. The companies are expected to develop the prototype over a 12-month period.
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